SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

IBS CAPITAL LLC

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE

SUITE 2401

(Street)

BOSTON

02110

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Applied Minerals, Inc. [ AMNL ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	X	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/27/2011

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

	Form filed by One Reporting Person
X	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	06/27/2011		P		1,250,000	A	$1.6	21,235,699	I	See Notes 1, 7 and 9.⁽¹⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁹⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
10% PIK-Election Covertible Notes⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾	$1							⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾	⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾	Common Stock	1,000,000⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾		2⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾	I	See Notes 1, 2 and 7.⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽⁷⁾
10% PIK-Election Covertible Notes⁽¹⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾	$1							⁽¹⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾	⁽¹⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾	Common Stock	15,278⁽¹⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾		2⁽¹⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾	I	See Notes 1, 6, and 7.⁽¹⁾⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾
10% PIK-Election Covertible Notes⁽¹⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁸⁾	$1							⁽¹⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁸⁾	⁽¹⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁸⁾	Common Stock	50,764⁽¹⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁸⁾		2⁽¹⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾⁽⁸⁾	I	See Notes 1, 7 and 8.⁽¹⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

IBS CAPITAL LLC

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE

SUITE 2401

(Street)

BOSTON

02110

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer

X	Director	X	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

IBS TURNAROUND FUND (QP) (A LTD PARTNERSHIP)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

ONE INTERNATIONAL PLACE

STE 2410

(Street)

BOSTON

02110

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer

Director	X	10% Owner
Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. IBS Capital LLC ("IBS Capital") is the general partner of The IBS Turnaround (QP) Fund (A Limited Partnership) ("QP Fund") and The IBS Turnaround Fund (A Limited Partnership) ("LP Fund"). IBS Capital is the investment manager of The IBS Opportunity Fund, Ltd. ("Opportunity Fund").

2. On October 21, 2010, pursuant to a series of note issuances, the issuer issued to each of the QP Fund and the LP Fund a 10% PIK-Election Convertible Note (the "October 2010 $1.00 Primary Notes") on substantially the same terms and conditions. The 1,000,000 Shares into which amounts payable are convertible under the October 2010 $1.00 Primary Notes include: (i) 650,000 Shares into which the amount payable under the October 2010 $1.00 Primary Note by the issuer to the QP Fund are convertible and (ii) 350,000 Shares into which the amount payable under the October 2010 $1.00 Primary Note by the issuer to the LP Fund are convertible. The principal amount of the October 2010 $1.00 Primary Note issued to the QP Fund was $650,000 and the principal amount of the October 2010 $1.00 Primary Note issued to LP Fund was $350,000.

3. The October 2010 $1.00 Primary Notes, December-October 2010 $1.00 Interest Notes, and June 2011-October 2010 Interst Notes shall be referred to herein as the "Notes."

4. The Notes have a maturity date of December 15, 2018. At the noteholder's option, the outstanding amount payable under a Note may be converted into Common Stock at any time after the issuer has authorized sufficient shares to convert such outstanding amount payable into Common Stock at the conversion price of $1.00 per Share (the "Conversion Price").

5. The outstanding amount payable under a Note shall be mandatorily converted into Common Stock at the Conversion Price on the earliest date that is one year after the Note's date of issuance when each of the following conditions have been satisfied: (i) the issuer's authorization of a sufficient number of shares to convert outstanding amounts payable under all of the notes in the series into Common Stock; (ii) the average closing bid or market price of Common Stock for the preceding five days being in excess of the Conversion Price; and (iii) either (a) the issuer has filed a registration statement for the resale the number of Shares into which the outstanding amount under a Note is convertible or (b) the Shares are resalable under Rule 144.

6. On December 15, 2010, the issuer issued to each of the QP Fund and the LP Fund a 10% PIK-Election Convertible Note (the "December-October 2010 $1.00 Interest Notes") in respect of interest due on the October 2010 $1.00 Primary Notes on substantially the same terms and conditions. The 15,278 Shares into which outstanding amounts are convertible under the December-October 2010 $1.00 Interest Notes include: (i) 9,931 Shares into which the amount payable under the December-October 2010 $1.00 Interest Note by the issuer to the QP Fund is convertible and (ii) 5,347 Shares into which the amount payable under the December-October 2010 $1.00 Interest Note by the issuer to the LP Fund is convertible. The principal amount of the December-October 2010 $1.00 Interest Note issued to the QP Fund was $9,931 and the principal amount of the December-October 2010 $1.00 Interest Note issued to the LP Fund was $5,347.

7. The reported securities are directly beneficially owned by QP Fund, the LP Fund and/or the Opportunity Fund. The reporting persons disclaim beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.

8. On June 15, 2011, the issuer issued to each of the QP Fund and the LP Fund a 10% PIK-Election Convertible Note (the "June 2011-October 2010 $1.00 Interest Notes") in respect of interest due on the October 2010 $1.00 Primary Notes on substantially the same terms and conditions. The 50,764 Shares into which outstanding amounts are convertible under the June 2011-October 2010 $1.00 Interest Notes include: (i) 32,997 Shares into which the amount payable under the June 2011-October 2010 $1.00 Interest Note by the issuer to the QP Fund is convertible and (ii) 17,767 Shares into which the amount payable under the June 2011-October 2010 $1.00 Interest Note by the issuer to the LP Fund is convertible. The principal amount of the June 2011-October 2010 $1.00 Interest Note issued to the QP Fund was $32,997 and the principal amount of the June 2011-October 2010 $1.00 Interest Note issued to the LP Fund was $17,767.

9. As of June 27, 2011 IBS Capital indirectly beneficially owned 21,235,699 Shares, which consisted of: (i) 11,767,567 Shares directly beneficially owned by the QP Fund; (ii) 5,306,538 Shares directly beneficially owned by the LP Fund; and (iii) 4,161,594 Shares directly beneficially owned by the Opportunity Fund.

	IBS Capital LLC, by David A. Taft, Manager	06/29/2011
	IBS TURNAROUND FUND (QP) (A LTD PARTNERSHIP) By IBS Capital LLC, Its General Partner, David A. Taft, Manager	06/29/2011
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